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Carotank…Currituck: Land of the Wild Goose

2006

blue stormy ocean waves with white foam

Jun 16, 2014

There’s More Than One Way to Catch a Shrimp

Vacationers often look forward to enjoying fresh, local shrimp when visiting the coast of North Carolina, but for those lucky enough to live at the coast, eating seafood is as easy as dropping a lime, or a net, in the water.
blue stormy ocean waves with white foam

Jun 16, 2014

Cruising Into History: Dismal Swamp Canal Scenic, Peaceful

As Capt. Merritt Walter steers the Bonny Blue through a narrow strip on the Dismal Swamp Canal, he points out the water's reflection — a calm mirror of green trees.
image: blue land crab emerging from hole.

Dec 15, 2006

BLUE CRABS, PINK TAGS: Tracking Female Crabs in the Ocean

Logothetis tags mature female blue crabs in the ocean to track their movements and determine their migratory patterns. The study is supported by North Carolina Sea Grant's Blue Crab Research Program — which is funded by the N.C. General Assembly and administered by North Carolina Sea Grant.

Dec 15, 2006

NEIGHBORS NUEVOS: Changing Faces Along the Coast

To help communities adapt to working with immigrants, North Carolina Sea Grant researchers David Griffith and Jeff Johnson have conducted a study comparing the immigrants' use of resources with citizens and retirees who migrate from other states, as well as native North Carolinians. Most of the immigrants are of Hispanic origin. A few are Vietnamese who work in the fishing industry.

Dec 1, 2006

SALTER PATH: ‘Paradise’ for Many Natives

Inside a Carteret County community room, the Salter Path gospel choir belts out "Precious memories, how they linger."
broiled hybrid striped bass

Dec 1, 2006

Juggling Hybrids and Homes: Balancing Fish Farming and Local Development

The first season Lee Brothers raised hybrid striped bass fingerlings on his farm, he slept in his truck every night. "I was scared to death," he admits, adding that he would get up several times during the night to check oxygen levels in the tanks holding the young fish. "No one knew anything about fingerlings back then."
Oysters

Dec 1, 2006

Crowding Out Shellfish

When Jim and Bonnie Swartzenberg began farming shellfish near Holly Ridge in 1980, the Onslow County couple could look out across the sound and not see a single rooftop.

Dec 1, 2006

Going With the Flow: Aquaculture’s Water Quality Woes

Clean water. Fish need it, shellfish need it, and people want to live near it. But the livelihood of fish and shellfish farmers depends on it. As development in North Carolina's coastal regions continues to increase, waste and water quality issues are being forced to the forefront of North Carolina's aquaculture industries.
Drag Seine Fishing on a North Carolina Shoal

Oct 1, 2006

Hatteras’ Changing Waterfront: Fishing Traditions, Boat Slips Dwindling

Today, he doesn't know of anyone on Hatteras Island who uses a haul seine because it is so time-consuming to pull in a long net with a boat and also results in a high mortality rate for fish. Now, commercial fishers use gill nets to fish for gray trout.
Image: Currituck Banks Reserve

Oct 1, 2006

Carotank…Currituck: Land of the Wild Goose

Algonquian Indians called this area "Carotank" meaning "land of the wild goose." Today, it is known as Currituck. The area remains synonymous with waterfowling in more than name alone. Situated on the Atlantic Flyway, Currituck Sound is an ideal stopover for migrating ducks, geese and swans.